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I have Caesar stone bench tops. My advice is don't go there. Caesar stone chips badly. The edges of my bench tops have loads on chips. My niece has the same problem. There is also a stain that is permanent. I am putting my place on the market after being her 9 years and have to replace my bench tops before I do. Good luck.

I have used man-made stone such as Caesarstone on my client's bench tops for years with no negative feedback thus far. If you are looking at Caesarstone and don't want a stark white, then consider Organic White, Frosty Carina or if your budget runs to it, Calacatta Nuvo (a marble lookalike). If you like grey, before they released their concrete range I used Oyster.

I agree with Focus Kitchens & Bathrooms, you would be better to visit a showroom and have a look at a large sheet of any you are considering. It gives you a much better idea of not only colour variation but the overall pattern.

If you do use 'stone' on the bench top there is an emerging trend of running it up onto the splash back as well. This works well if your design style is classic or modern classic (transitional).

What about a tinted mirror splashback? or Laminex have just released the 180fx surface marble look laminate. It is for benchtops, however it would look fantastic as a splashback, without the pricetag or the worry of food splatter staining the marble. Just a thought as truly its hard to distinguish this product from real marble. With the horizontal veining it would also act to visually widen the kitchen. Or as others have said there are several options in the engineered stone ranges which are beautiful.

Regard my comment on Caesar stone bench tops perhaps my bench tops are not the genuine article and that is why they have chipped. Apologies for my negative comments. I was obviously misinformed.